Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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There are different types of solitary confinement or isolation. One has voluntary isolation primarily for the purpose of self-protection for whatever reason. There also can be voluntary isolation for people who like to be in that situation. Then there is solitary confinement as a means of punishment. To judge from what the ombudsman has stated, she thinks involuntary isolation or solitary confinement is not right. Has she made a recommendation to that effect?